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The top 25 teams in the 2006 preseason Collegiate Baseball poll with 2005 records, points and final ranking. Voting by coaches, sportswriters and sports information directors:

*--* Team 2005 Record Points Previous 1. Texas 56-16 496 1 2. Florida 48-23 492 2 3. Oregon State 46-12 490 7 4. Nebraska 57-15 489 6 5. Rice 45-19 487 16 6. Clemson 43-23 484 13 7. North Carolina 41-19-1 482 21 8. Florida State 53-20 479 15 9. Cal State Fullerton 46-18 476 9 10. Georgia Tech 45-19 475 10 11. Miami (Fla.) 41-19-1 473 14 12. Arizona State 42-25 470 3 13. Pepperdine 41-23 469 23 14. Missouri 40-23 467 -- 15. Louisiana St. 40-22 466 19 16. Long Beach State 37-22 463 18 17. South Carolina 41-23 461 -- 18. Florida Atlantic 37-24 459 -- 19. Tennessee 46-21 458 8 20. Mississippi 48-20 456 11 21. USC 41-22 455 17 22. Notre Dame 38-24-1 453 -- 23. Baylor 46-24 450 4 24. Tulane 56-12 449 5 25. Stanford 34-25 447 --

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